The overview

In the last decade, the field of health informatics has evolved dramatically throughout the word. In India, where hospital facilities have grown rapidly in recent years, manpower and logistics have struggled to keep up with international data standards while keeping up their commitment to care. While organizations such as the Joint Commission International (JCI) and National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) have developed, tested and endorsed performance metrics, aimed at standardizing care, it has yet to be seen if this top-down approach will be cost-effective for smaller, secondary care hospitals in the Indian healthcare context.

The aim of this project is twofold:

to understand how and when global standards for data management are applicable in the Indian healthcare context; and,

to propose modifications to existing standards or new solutions to collect and manage data that are more appropriate to the Indian healthcare context.

To accomplish this, our project team is working with Be Well Hospitals, a secondary hospital system in India. Our team is also partnered with Quantiphi, an analytics company that specializes in health data and provides technical guidance, and Aspada Investments, an Indian investment company that funds Be Well Hospitals.

Solution Overview

Process Flow

THE CLIENTS

The Be Well Hospital system is dedicated to developing and providing the highest quality, compassionate medical care to serve the needs of the patients. It provides the most comprehensive, efficient and effective clinical services which includes anticipation, healing, surgical and health education for patients in an equitable and competent approach.

Quantiphi is an emerging decision science and big-data analytics service provider focused on charting a new path to business value creation through inspired analytics.

Aspada Investments is an early stage small business venture capital fund focused on equity investment as well as structured products and working capital financing in businesses in India that create large scale employment or offer affordable goods and services to under-served populations.